Assessments were ordered in the wake of the Grenfell Tower inferno in June

Fri, Aug 25, 2017, 21:39

The Grenfell Tower in west London. At least 80 people died in the June inferno. Photograph: Rick Findler/PA Wire

A series of fire safety tests designed to probe cladding systems on high-rise towers across the UK have concluded, finding 228 buildings at risk, the government said.

In the final raft of assessments, ordered in the wake of the Grenfell Tower inferno, a combination of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding with a limited flammability filling and stone-wool insulation was deemed safe.

No buildings in the UK are known to have this mixture of materials, but the Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) said it could act as a solution for structures with dangerous cladding.

It is understood that the last cladding system examined was considered the least dangerous option out of the seven tested.